On Sunday afternoon, gunmen killed an unnamed police officer in Ogidi, Anambra State’s Idemili North Local Government Area, and took his firearm.
According to a source who talked to Newsmen, the gunmen were stationed outside Ogidi Town Hall, where several police officers regularly maintain a roadblock.
“They stayed there for a long time, waiting, until they sighted one of the policemen, who they shot dead, and dispossessed him of his AK-47 rifle, before they fled,” the source said.
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While responding to a question from Newsmen on the incident, the state police spokesman, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, acknowledged that there was a gunfight between police officers and some hoodlums, which resulted in the death of one of the officers.
He said: “Information before me states that on 29/05/2022 at about 12:50 pm, Police operatives on observation patrol along Abatete expressway, Ogidi engaged some armed hoodlums.
“Unfortunately, during the gun duel one of the police operatives was fatally wounded and due to the superior fire of the police, the gunmen were made to flee the scene.”
Ikenga however said the investigation at the scene was still ongoing and patrol has been intensified in the area. He promised that further development will be communicated.
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